what even is this

[fujimaru]

Comment with a Servant* and I will write an IC Servant-shaming sign for them, as provided by Master. YOU CAN RESPOND OR NOT, but I'll do it.

* Servants do not have to actually be canon as long as we've threaded before/I'm familiar with the canon.

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[fujimaru]

Yeah, what gave that away?

[ Drinks are still a no-go, but snacks are nice. She doesn't just dig in, but she does take one cracker, fiddling with it. ]

I guess... a lot of people think it's scary when someone knows you, right? But I'm kind of relieved. I used to wonder if there was any sort of substance to me at all.

But if this many people know me and believe in me-- that says a lot, doesn't it?

[weiyingdown]

It might say more about us, pushing so much responsibility onto a kid. But it says only good things about you.

That part of you didn't just appear because we asked it to, either. Wasn't it always there? Haha, so you've always been a good kid.

[fujimaru]

I was a lazy kid.

I still am, probably. If you leave me alone for too long I'll just take root somewhere and start growing mushrooms.

[weiyingdown]

That's alright. We could become mushroom farmers. You'd just have to sit there long enough for us to be able to sell all of the mushrooms that sprout on you!

[fujimaru]

That's just starting to sound weird!

[ But she's laughing now. Good job. ]

[weiyingdown]

[success!]

No weirder than anything else you've done!

[fujimaru]

Everything weird I've done has been for you people. I was driven to it!

[weiyingdown]

You were certainly driven to it, but the only one who can make you do those things is you!

[a beat, and then he feels compelled to add,]

And Miss Kiyohime, of course.

[fujimaru]

...It's not like I WANT her to go crazy and burn anything down.

Including myself.

[weiyingdown]

And yet, she does it anyways. It she could at least see reason it would be easier to deal with.

[fujimaru]

You could say that about any of the Berserkers. It's just that she's specifically focused on me.

[ Raikou, at least, can be distracted by Kintoki, and sometimes Jack when the maternal instinct is particularly worked up. But Kiyohime is... Kiyohime. ]

Or I say that, but even when she had a class shift she's still pretty single-minded...

[weiyingdown]

I would hate to make disparaging remarks about her character when she isn't here to defend herself, but it's possible that it's simply just her personality. Being a Berserker or not has nothing to do with it. Or at least, not as much to do with it as you'd expect...

[fujimaru]

No, it's definitely her personality. You weren't here the summer she switched classes... she's still absolutely just like that.

I'm honestly not sure she even needed Madness Enhancement to be a Berserker, let's say.

[weiyingdown]

[that's terrifying]

Master, stop summoning Servants that are that terrifying. You might be able to survive them, but I don't know if the rest of us can.

[fujimaru]

You're saying that like I do it on purpose. They just show up, okay?

...And most of them aren't THAT bad...

[weiyingdown]

Get rid of the ones that are that bad! You can get rid of them. You don't have to keep all of them.

[he says it with all of the seriousness that he can muster, but there's no heat behind it]

[fujimaru]

I'm not getting rid of any of you.

[ Look. She's not a hoarder, but while they're here in Chaldea, they're all hers and she's not giving any of that up. ]

Even the people who go overboard all gave me a chance, and they support me... how am I supposed to give any less?

[weiyingdown]

That's a little too selfless, Master. That's why Mo--ah, Archer of Shinjuku gets away with so much. There's being nice, and then there's being taken advantage of!

[fujimaru]

He'd do those things whether I let him or not! At least I've got a secret weapon to use against him when he's going too far off the rails.

[ That secret weapon is Fran, but shhh. ]